Short drop window fruit varieties

[gunfun13]

As my fruit tree journey is nearing a decade and starting to have dozens and dozens of trees producing abundant crops, I've noticed that most of them trickle down fruit over at least a couple month period (I'm crabapple heavy). While this trait may be good for feeding deer over a long period, I'm thinking some trees that drop all their fruit over a short period might make for some better stand sites. Any recommendations for varieties that dump all their fruit in a short window? And when is that window for you in your region?

 

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You have any liberty trees? A big factor of apples dropping is ripeness. An apple that doesn't store well will drop quicker.

I planted macoun for my wife, but they seem to be here n gone around early bow season.

Got a particular time window your looking for?


I typed in apples that drop before ripe and these came up.

• arly/Summer Apples: McIntosh, Gravenstein, Lodi, Jerseymac, Zestar, Early Golden, Pristine.
• Mid-to-Late Season: Honeycrisp, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Spartan, Stayman, Macoun.
• Other: Arlet (Swiss Gourmet), Autumn Gold, Hampshire, Princess.

Also, there are sub varieties of each type called sports. McIntosh, Red Delicious, and Macoun have a lot of little differences from one region or farm to another. waffler nurseries has a few different sports of common apples. Might be one that tweaked in your favor.

Read into sandbur's journey he has a tree or two that drops fruit quick.

Kinda torn about those all winter zombie varieties like kerr. Some year deer leave camp and winter by a lake for warmth and heavy conifer cover. Milder winters they stick around. snowshoe hares and grouse won't mind some extra fruit those years. No clue what the moose do still too few to gauge what they do up there.

 

[gunfun13]

You have any liberty trees? A big factor of apples dropping is ripeness. An apple that doesn't store well will drop quicker.

I planted macoun for my wife, but they seem to be here n gone around early bow season.

Got a particular time window your looking for?


I typed in apples that drop before ripe and these came up.

• arly/Summer Apples: McIntosh, Gravenstein, Lodi, Jerseymac, Zestar, Early Golden, Pristine.
• Mid-to-Late Season: Honeycrisp, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Spartan, Stayman, Macoun.
• Other: Arlet (Swiss Gourmet), Autumn Gold, Hampshire, Princess.

Also, there are sub varieties of each type called sports. McIntosh, Red Delicious, and Macoun have a lot of little differences from one region or farm to another. waffler nurseries has a few different sports of common apples. Might be one that tweaked in your favor.

Read into sandbur's journey he has a tree or two that drops fruit quick.

Kinda torn about those all winter zombie varieties like kerr. Some year deer leave camp and winter by a lake for warmth and heavy conifer cover. Milder winters they stick around. snowshoe hares and grouse won't mind some extra fruit those years. No clue what the moose do still too few to gauge what they do up there.

I have around 10 Liberty trees, 3 of which are mature and producing well. They fall into the extended drop category for me, late September through late November with a handful of mummies still hanging.

Mostly concerned with late September through early December. I have a lot of trees trickling down that time of year, but I never see more than a couple fruits on the ground which are consumed by the first button buck to leave their bed that afternoon. Just looking for something that might put loads down and overwhelm with volume for a short time.